Supporting graduate students' research in renewable energy while allowing those students to hone their communication skills are the goals of a National Science Foundation graduate fellows program. (Nov. 1, 2011)
Norman Augustine, retired CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. and former member of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, discussed the future of the space program Oct. 29. (Nov. 1, 2011)
Jeff Tester, Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems at Cornell, received the Special Achievement Award of the Geothermal Resources Council Oct. 26 in San Diego. (Oct. 28, 2011)
On Oct. 28, Cornell will submit its proposal to build a world-class technology campus in New York City. In partnership with Technion, the campus promises to spur economic development in the city. (Oct. 27, 2011)
Scientists in the Craighead lab have figured out how to stretch out tangled strands of DNA from chromosomes, line them up and tag them to reflect different levels of chemical modification. (Oct. 27, 2011)
Your smartphone knows where you go and how fast, while its microphone hears your voice. Soon, your phone may use these capabilities to measure the stress in your life and help you deal with it. (Oct. 26, 2011)
The Cornell iGEM team won gold for creating a new molecular chip capable of synthesizing biopharmaceutical drugs and jet fuels at markedly lower cost; now they'll go to the world championships. (Oct. 24, 2011)
The proposed New York City Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island will utilize solar and geothermal power to harvest as much energy as it consumes. In the parlance of energy experts, it will be 'net-zero energy.' (Oct. 24, 2011)
Four years before its sesquicentennial, Cornell is poised to expand its reach, enhance its academic prowess and extend its leadership, President David Skorton said in his State of the University Address Oct. 21. (Oct. 21, 2011)
